{"id":273403,"date":"2025-01-31T16:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T15:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetingrimini.org\/la-cultura-sussidiaria-un-motore-per-il-bene-comune-inglese\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T11:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:43:39","slug":"la-cultura-sussidiaria-un-motore-per-il-bene-comune-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetingrimini.org\/en\/la-cultura-sussidiaria-un-motore-per-il-bene-comune-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Subsidiary culture, a driver for the common good"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Building trust and sustainable development to tackle today's challenges<\/strong>
\nSpeech by Giorgio Vittadini, President of the Foundation for Subsidiarity<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For over twenty years, the Foundation for Subsidiarity<\/strong> has been engaged in research, training, and dissemination activities through a broad network of national and international collaborations, with the aim of making subsidiary culture<\/strong> a shared value.<\/p>\n

Subsidiarity can be defined as a way of thinking and a practice that allows the contribution of all to be integrated into a system for the construction of the common good, enabling relationships of collaboration<\/strong> rather than opposition or competition between different entities.<\/p>\n

Thanks in part to our work, the principle of subsidiarity<\/strong> was explicitly included in the Italian Constitution<\/strong> in 2001<\/strong>, while the Maastricht Treaty<\/strong> had already recognized it as a fundamental principle of the European Union<\/strong> in 1992<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Subsidiary culture expresses a positive idea of the person<\/strong> and their initiative. For this reason, it is cross-cutting, unifying<\/strong>, and can serve as a valuable driving force<\/strong> in a moment of distrust and uncertainty, such as the present.<\/p>\n

The most recent years have convinced us that the culture of subsidiarity is even more necessary today<\/strong> than when we started, particularly as a tool for sustaining democratic systems<\/strong> and as a stimulus for sustainable development<\/strong> in response to the crisis brought about by neoliberalism.<\/p>\n

The Rimini Meeting<\/strong> is an important opportunity for the Foundation to disseminate and engage in dialogue<\/strong> with a broad audience on the institutional, political, social, and economic<\/strong> issues we work on throughout the year.<\/p>\n

At the last edition of the Meeting, for example, we held a discussion with Augusto Barbera<\/strong>, President of the Italian Constitutional Court<\/strong>, on the relevance of the Italian Constitution<\/strong> as a reference for addressing the challenges that are engaging our country and the world. Together with Jos\u00e9 Barroso<\/strong>, former President of the European Commission<\/strong>, and Branko Milanovic<\/strong>, economist and professor at City University of New York<\/strong>, we addressed one of the topics closest to our hearts: the problems of the dominant economic development model<\/strong> and the inequalities it produces, questioning which policies should be implemented to correct it.<\/p>\n

The theme of economic development<\/strong>, addressed with the Governor of the Bank of Italy, Fabio Panetta<\/strong>, opened up important reflections, particularly regarding the future and survival of the welfare state<\/strong> and the universality of its services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

These issues were also the focus of the talk \"Living Longer, Living Better: Welfare at a Crossroads,\"<\/strong> a three-part series hosted by Enrico Castelli<\/strong> and Irene Elisei<\/strong>, featuring scholars, politicians, and experts such as Nadia Urbinati, Giancarlo Blangiardo, Stefano Bonaccini, and Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

2025<\/strong> will see the Foundation engaged on multiple fronts, including:<\/p>\n\n